Re: [Monotone-devel] Bug report: monotone add command fails on Windows

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

In message <address@hidden> on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:41:08 -0700, Howard Spindel 
<address@hidden> said:

howard> Second, the "database" line in MT/options is weird because
howard> it's using the shorthand 8 letter filename instead of the full
howard> name "OpenSourceCode".  After you fix the first point, this
howard> line should change.  Check it again, and if it continues to
howard> use a shorthand filename I'd edit it so it shows the full
howard> filename.  The debug trace shows that monotone couldn't find
howard> your MT directory, and perhaps that's because of the shorthand
howard> file name.

I'm curious, why wouldn't it work with the short-hand variant of the
path?  I agree, it's *ugly*, but not invalid.

Cheers,
Richard

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